First Blog

Bernie Sanders is an inspired man, though his is aging.  After many years of doing nothing, the staple of modern political activity, he is now afire with ideas, with programs, and with books. The kids love him.  He’s just released a guide book on creating revolutions.  One source of  inspiration, at his age, must be his greatest opponent, Donald J. Trump.  “If that old fart can do it, so can I.  Hrmmmp!” Whoa!  This logic may also inspire Hillary and even Nancy to soldier on.  It may also inspire many other old farts, like me, toward twilight actions.  Excellent!! I can just see the headline in 2020.  “TRUMP-SANDERS ticket sews up the assisted living crowd. Large turnout expected.” ---------------------------------------- LEAKS.   An explanation of how leaks may be nearly impossible to detect, not for just President Trump, but all future presidents.   Technique: How to leak information through the concept of: Cuckoo Information Smurfing.  See this link to fina

Timeline for James Comey.  There are two emotional threads.  Love and hate and then hate and love. July 5, 2016 .  Comey condemns Clinton for mishandling classified information.  But then say we will not indict.   Dems love it.  Reps hate it. October 28, 2016 .   Comey’s wait a minute moment.  We reopen the investigation, found new emails with classified info on Anthony Weiner’s laptop. Oops.  Reps love it. Dems hate it. Interim.  Both sides generally disdain Comey basically because he seems beyond the control of anyone.  Reps hate Comey; Dems hate Comey.  Especially, Hillary hates Comey, blaming his “re-opening letter” as a primary cause for her loss. May 9, 2017.  Trump fires Comey.  Reps claim it was appropriate; Dems also, probably.  However, because Trump did the deed, Dems hate it; Reps love it. Even the Nixonian metaphor has been issued – within an hour of the termination letter!  But it’s OK since it was made by an aging Senator.  “Never let a crisis go to

One political type made an accurate point about all the Hillary emails, of which there have been thousands, that being none from Bernie or Donald have appeared.   He asked why we haven’t seen any from Trump?   Could be the Trump group has better security?   Absolute security is easy and almost free, if you want to use it.   It is a certainty that Hillary was careless about security.   The reason is simple.   Neither she nor her team fully understood how easy hacking can be.  One thing I've learned is many of those at premier levels do not respond well to new things.  To plea d ignorance or amat eur status , they expos e themselves to themselves and to others.  Old hands have trouble with new events and new concepts. So, they hide it or ignore what's happening.  Another reason exists, perhaps about Trump but certainly about others.   We generalize beyond Donald as he is unlikely to win the election.  Why can it not be so that multiple, maybe hundreds, of important po

On the Presidency. With few exceptions, all are humbled, yet intoxicated by the office. Donald.   Never thought I think it, but his countless unforced errors leads me to think he may fear being President. He fears getting it, understanding that having it is a monumental job. Hillary. Her unbridled ambition overrides every other consideration. She primarily wants to get it, and then to worry about having it. Remember the two goals: to get and to have.  They are different.  ------------ Many important leaders have a handler or two.   Almost all lessor leaders, past and present, have handlers. These persons, living in the shadows, suggest   what to do heavy situations, point toward the greater vision,   guide them to say nothing when nothing should be said, and importantly reinforce how great they are in their quest toward the glory to come.   Some have or had no handlers preferring to follow their own vision, perhaps such Eisenhower, T. Roosevelt, Lincoln, and several

We look at the two candidates as they are as projected from their past.   This is the second blog on Hillary and Donald. The first is at  http://used-ideas.blogspot.com/2016/09/hillary-and-donald.html The election this cycle offers us two opposing viewpoints proposed by two fundamentally opposite persons.   Each, I believe, seriously wants to help the country in this time of multitudinous international and national stresses.   Both approach the problems differently. Different paradigms, different temperaments, and different solutions.   Actually, different everything.  Both use their personal time-tested techniques. Political vs. Business.   They cannot and will not change!   Not at their age.   Old dogs and all that…  Though Hillary was trained as a lawyer, she is now a thorough-going politician.   Thus, Hillary will likely treat all matters as political within the constraints of her political dogmas. Hillary, with help from her team, will always, but always, give ful